New Nation, 19 October 1978

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  • 20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday, October 19, 1978 No. 2392 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 .JBBSSBSak THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1978
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  • 421 1 •..for world's worst air disaster, says official report Reuter UPI Madrid, Thursday The world's worst a 1 r disaster in which 582 people died in a flery crash was caused mainly because the captain of a Dutch Jumbo Jet took off at Tenerife Airport last year without
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  • 109 1 Reuter Moscow, Thursday Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolai Flryubln leaves here today for visits to the Philippines and Indonesia as part of a continuing Kremlin drive to boost relations with Southeast Asian nations, Asian d 1 p 1 o m a tic sources here said last night.
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  • 32 1 Washington. Thursday President Carter will unveil hi* strengthened an 11 Inflation programme early next week—probably on Tuesday— during a televised Areslde chat with the American public, administration sources said yesterday.
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  • 102 1 A set of five silver Ingots depleting historical religious monuments will be Issued by the Preservation of Monuments Bostrd and the Singapore Mint from Deoember. The Ingots, made of one-troy solid sterling silver, are designed to Jenerate a greater insrest In monuments among Singaporeans. The monuments
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  • 406 1  -  By Teresa Ooi Mr. Ong Hung Leng and his wife are equal partners In more than one way. The newly-weds are among 29 first-class honours students produced by the University of Singapore this ye^. But Hung Leng, 24, has one up
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 23 1 INSIDE Three firms seek BEB listing Page 2 •IN THE OTHER PAGES: Money words 10; Stars 11; Comics 2 CROSSWORD did not arrive
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    • 34 1 SPECIALISTS IN GOLF EQUIPMENT ITS PTC. LTD. ■It. 'at lan lh»ppiin Cuntn Iced Cream. .0- c. rrr r*%r "*l£ ,7 Harveys Bristol Cream. The besi sherry in the \v< >rkl. ,h Eastern Agencies .j.»-
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 296 2 Recruits 239 to help ease shortage Singapore Bus Service has employed 239 new drivers In the past month to ease the shortage. These drivers, now being trained, were among 779 applicants interviewed. The applicants Included two conductors who wished to become drivers under a new 888
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  • 83 2 Mr Ngeow Pack Hua, MP for Boon Lay, will officially open the new Boon Lay poet office at 104, Boon Lay Shopping Centre, Boon Lay Place and the PO6B Boon Lay branch at 108/112 Boon Lay Shopping Centre on Oct 23 at 5.30 p.m. A limited
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  • 257 2  -  By Teresa Ooi Miss Lee Wei Ling, 23, who topped the University of Singapore's MedlcaO Faculty final examinations, has been awarded five prizes. "The prises came u a surprise. I do not even know what they are for," she said in a brief Interview at
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  • 230 2 City Developments has been reminded by the Btock Exchange of Singapore to adhere strictly to the takeover provisions in the Singapore Code on Takeovers and Mergers. The reminder was sent following queries by the BES over a rumour that City Developments Is bidding for
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  • 232 2 Share prices improved across the board during the Jlrst hour of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. For the first time this week, the opening trading hour was characterised by buying support, Just on the eve of Malaysian Budget Day. Malaysian based counters were in the
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  • 403 2 Two hotels and an edible oil producer have applied to the Stock Exchange of Singapore for listing. They are Hotel Grand Central, Mlramar Hotel and Hwa Hong Manufacturing. Market sources said details of the proposed public offers are being worked out. Mlramar Is offering about
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    • 9 2 at the Raffles Hotel where the food is excellent!
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    • 302 3 Q ,m 4 *>. H t&I W- i"arf.' f\4 <■» j V\ o\ X »s£ V o n o f > A <V c "f> 1 e itf%. f Nrt i.: vrWS V' *v*B%~ f;-' r t "Hsi *t£*&Bsk u IS'.= v Ou/ux Timbertone colours beautify and brighten up parquet
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  • 168 4 They donate their piggy bank savings to children of Spyros victims They are little children with big hearts. Carrying their piggy banks they went to the Shin Mln newspaper office to donate their savings to the children of the Spyros explosion victims. Lau Ai Ling, aged four,
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  • 244 4 Prof Wong's warning Four per cent of all Chinese and Malay boys born every year suffer from a birth defect that could leave them severely anaemic later, said a paediatrician. Prof Wong Hock Boon, head of the department of paediatrics, University of Singapore, said this defect, known as
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  • 91 4 Vigilante Corps members who are persistently absent from duty will be transferred to a later Intake to make op for lost time. VC command ant Michael Chopg said: "If a man has been absent for a total of six months, he will be released with
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  • 132 4 NST Kuala Lumpur. Thursday—The newly established Regional Centre for Commercial Arbitration here can be used In any disputes arising from intra-Asean trade and commerce. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn. speaking at the centre's opening said the recent preferential trade arrangements among member countries will
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  • 92 4 The committee of Inquiry into the Bpyro« explosion yesterday watched a fllmlet of the accident at TV Singapore. The fllmlet was taken last Friday, the day after the explosion. It showed the damaged engine room where the. explosion Is believed to have occured. It
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  • 332 4 SIA sets yet another record Singapore Airlines carried a reco r d 1.855.688 passengers in the first eight months of this year 239.531 more than in the same period last year. An SIA spokesman said this was due to the general Increase In passenger traffic throughout
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    • 61 4 DRAGON PHOENIX RESTAURANT Block 26, OutramPsrk, SinoaDora. Tel *****88 8 *****29 Earthcrn Pot Spocial Chillie Crab Spring Chic U en Delicious Yam Pot Hot Plate Dcor Moa f Live Fresh F i sh 'Quick Lunch S3 per person. We cater for Birthday Wedding Parties, buffet lunches and private functions. Live
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    • 71 4 C CEMEDINE lor all do it yourself mending jobs For a paste-up job well done, insist on CEMEDINE Paste. Ideal for Bonds, Paper, Cloth and Cellulose. Olhsr CEMEDINE Products: Made In J«>*> CEMEDINE C For wood, paper, cardboard, ceramic, china, earthen ware CEMEDINE CONTACT For rubber, leather, plastic, wood, tiles,
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  • 175 5 The Dutch government yesterday engaged professional packers to take away the belongings left behind by Its former ambassador at his official residence. A Morley Professional Movers' van pulled up at No. 23, Rldout Road Just before 11 a.m. Bources said embassy officials took an Inventory
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  • 260 5 15 face action in court Fifteen motorists are expected to be charged In court tomorrow for driving while under suspension or disqualification. They were caught by Traffic Police teams at road blocks set up at various parts of the Island. Their personal particulars and driving licences were
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  • 34 5 AFP Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen will lead a delegation of officers from several ministries for bilateral discus slons with the government of West Germany in Bonn next month.—AFP
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  • 240 5 Two car rust-proof-ing companies are waging an advertisement war in the newspapers. The companies are Zlebart and Tuff-Kote DlnoL Zlebart claims Its rust-proofing material works even after a 2000-hour salt spray test, "compared with Tuff Kotes 24-hour Adac (German AA) Test 12-1972." Tuff-Kote, In Its
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    • 25 5 "Continental Clothes At Prices You Can Afford" Ml i m tfi ft :< VI < r> DANTE T7. vv/fi'/T Centre Gl/i Tnr; ~w. Shopping Centre, lei i/Sb,si
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    • 34 5 presents SCANDINAVIAN BUFFET LUNCHEON (OCTOBER 7 NOVEMBER 3) TUE GLORIOUS SPREAP/HCLUPES SMORGASBORD, GRAVLAX, S/LLGRAPM, PyTTIPANMA A FEAST FIT FOR A VIKING. BE APVENTUROUS COMB TO THE BELVEPERE AND P/SCOVER SCANPINAVIA. 58 1 "tes m
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  • 56 6 Reuter London, Thursday Boger Bullen denied In eonrt on Tuesday that he made Maurice the eat suffer by making It ride pillion on his motorbike. Mr Bullen insisted Maurloe loved to ride everywhere with him, adding that he even made Maurloe a crash helmet oat of a plastic
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  • 124 6 UPI TODAY Is Thursday. Oct 10. the 302 nd day of 1078 with 73 to follow. Those born on this day are under the sign of Libra. American novelist Fannie Hurst was born on Oct 10. 1889. ON THIB DAY IN HIB- In 1934, an around-' the-world airplane race
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  • 589 6  -  World Focus By Swadesh de Roy our Tokyo reporter The Diet debate on the Slno Japanese treaty of peace and friendship has clearly shown that the Initial euphoria over closer Peking ties Is over. The debate ended last night with near unanimous approval of the treaty.
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  • 41 6 AFP Kuala Lumpur. Thurs-day—-The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries Is going ahead with Its buffer stock scheme. This was decided here on Tuesday night by the International Natural Rubber Council at the end of Its two-day meeting AFP.
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  • 108 6 This U an artist's impression of the YMt billion ($7 billion) Honshu-Shlkoku bridge. The bridge, Unking Kojim* in Okayama Prefecture (background) and Sakalde in Kagawa Prefecture (foreground), will consist of a series of dou-ble-deckers. A four-lane highway will run on the upper deck and double-track
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 405 6 Manila Cloudy, 3021C. Headline: President Marcos, Bary open talks Thursday. Hons Kong Cloudy. 24-21 C. Headline: Big arms lift angers Hanoi. Tokyo Sunny, 2111C. Headline: Japanese yen leaps to 181.89 to the US dollar. Bangkok Cloudy, 32-23 C. Headline: Thai government to scrap nine-sided coins to halt massive counterfeit circulation.
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  • 275 7 Reuter UPI United N All on a, Thursday Singapore's delegate In the administrative and budgetary committee of the UN General Assembly yesterday denounced interference In the recruitment and promotion of secretariat personnel. The Singapore official, Miss Nellie Chan, said Secretary-General Kurt Waklhelm should
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  • 417 7 They'll withdraw 10,000 troops —radio World Focus AP AFP Beirut, Thursday Byria is to withdraw 10.000 troops from Lebanon, and these will be replaced by an equal number of peacekeeping soldiers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Chrlstian-ftight-lst Voice of
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  • 261 7 Reuter Manila, Thursday. Kampuchean Deputy Premier leng sary, In a clear attack on neighbouring Vietnam, said last night his country's defence against "the most savage acts of aggression" is an important contribution to the cause of peace throughout Asia. Replying to a welcome from
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  • 376 8 How seriously Indeed should we take the views of yet another motley collection of what Australian acting Foreign Minister lan Sinclair described as "the friends and associates of those who are tinged from a brighter shade of crimson back to a fairly bright shade of pink?"
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 105 8 There are still some honest people In this world. Two of them are an US army sergeant and his passenger In his car, who, when It "rained" dollar bills on a road In Brooklyn, In New York, picked up as much as they could and returned It
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    • 42 8 Then there are people who really have money to throw. One anonymous buyer at a stamp auction In Hamburg paid one million marks ($1,100,000) for an 1855 Swedish three shilling stamp. And all because the stamp had a colour Imperfection!
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  • 661 8  -  Congress leaves labour out in the cold Edgar Koh There was something for almo st everyone taxpayers, consumers, homeowners, businessmen, the old, the poor—ln the bonanza voted by Congress before It adjourned at the weekend for next month's election. But organised labour, as a group,
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  • 582 8  -  Swadesh De Roy Although Chinamapla, aided by the government, business, and above all the media, Is currently sweeping this country, serious misgivings have also been expressed In pro-Chliia leftist circles about Vlce-Pre-mler T en g Hsiaoping's coming visit here. For example, Sohyo, the largest
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  • 231 8 WHEN JAPAN RETURNS TO POST-WAR SYSTEM... Reuter AFP Tokyo: The government has decided to legalise Japan's pre-war system of counting years under an era name designated to the reign of an emperor. A Bill legalising the Gengo (name era) system for everyday use In Japan
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  • 1119 9  - Togetherness at what cost? Joint Campus The first batch of students under the Joint Campus scheme started their term at Bukit Timah on July 3. After three months of interminfllnr, has the system achieved its objective? What are the sentiments of both students and lecturers? Has the scheme worked or
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  • 603 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times The Godfather was in a very good mood when I kissed his ring. He Invited me to sit down In his office and offered me a cigar. "What can I do for you?" he asked. "You have any enemies you
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  • 111 10 World Focus UPI Nairobi, Tharsdaj Emperor Ulrohlto ef iapta has responded favourably to President Idi Amin's request that Kamtkase pilots be lent to Uganda to help train his air force, Kadlo Uganda claimed yesterday. The radio said arrangements were being made for the first batch
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  • 286 10 US warns the Soviet Union UPI Washington, Thursday In a warning aimed at the Bovlet Union, a US official said yesterday America Is ready to protect "the Integrity and Independence" of allies In Bouth Asia and the Middle East against outside threats. Undersecretary of State David
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  • 103 10 AP Washington, Thursday—Egypt and Israel scheduled new direct negotiations yesterday, amid American assurances that all was going well In the peace talks. The meetings were productive and there is hope that progress will continue, said Mr George Sherman, the official spokesman for the
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  • 241 10 Reuter AP Brussels, Thursday Nato defence ministers yesterday began top-secret discussions on medl u m- range weapons outside the scope of East-West disarmament talks, sources said. U8 Defence Secretary Harold Brown and six European ministers are attending the twiceyearly meeting of the Nuclear Planning Group
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  • 40 10 UPI Tel Aviv, Thursday An American team of technical and engineering experts will arrive In Israel next week to begin surveying sites for two air bases to be built In the country's southern desert. US sources said yesterday.—UPl.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 51 10 RESTAURANT We specialised in Cantoiiese cuisine Wedding 8- birthday dinner buffet party outdoor catering. Quick lunch is served daily. Lunch: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner: 6 p.m. to 11 p.m, m sr. For Reservations Tpi> *****83 *****85 3rd Floor, President Building, Serangoon Road, (Opp. New World Amusement Park) Singapore
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 521 10 7*l MONEYWORDS Cut out *ond pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N.R.I.C. No: Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES iELOW ■mb mmmba Cut along dotted bm CLUES FOR HC-4 1. A wooden ihot PW(MM UN Of fft on* of the kind
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  • 297 11 Up goes the tally despite Fukuda's Bonn pledge r Business News and Views l j Reuter Tokyo, Thursday Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda's pledge at the Bonn summit that Japan's trade surpluses will be cut this year yes- ter d a y received a stunning setback when the
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  • 597 11 MRS TAN MAY LIN. 31, has become the first Asian to be appointed a vice-pre-sident of Bur so n Mar s teller Internatlonal. On her new appointment, she said: "I am glad I work in a firm that does not discriminate against women." Besides becoming vicepresident, Mrs
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 203 11 The stock market staged a brqpd retreat yesterday In the face of tighter money and predictions of a full-blown credit crunch. lYadlng was active. The US dollar sank to a new low against the Belgian franc but stabilised against other European currencies. The Dow Jones industrial average, up
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    • 35 11 UPI New York, Thursday Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: SO Industrials 859.07 (off 6.67), 30 transport 333.71 (off 4.73). IB uUUtles 104.33 (off O.il), SS stocks 394.48 (off 3.11). —CPL
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    • 20 11 AFP 3W ■K^ikK^ffljicrd PJT _W f lL.')ff |j v.'J 1 E2 i|M* V T t yt t jBii^| $s
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    • 68 11 Reuter Closing prices In francs on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Partbas 304.50 —1.30 Foncler 414 +1-10 Prtn temps 134 +.10 BuD 64 Jo +1.00 Royal Dutch 307.90 —3.20 Mlchelln 1386 unch COB 406 +3 Thomson 308 +4.10 CVP 137.00 +1.50 Rhone 119.90 +3.60 Air 374.90 +4.40 B6N 609 +33
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    • 74 11 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices on Zurich Stock Exchange the yesterday: UBS Bearer 3C50 +45 UBS Registered 676 1 SBC SS2 4 Credit Sulue ano 10 SwlMalr B. 170 8w1m Reincur. sou 6 Wlnterthur. B. 3300 Zurich Incur. •800 Nestle B. 39*0 18 Interfood B. 3800 Ctbe-Oelgy B.
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    • 93 11 Price* at 11.30 a m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 193 ADC It 36 Ampol PCt 84 88 ANI 160 188 APM 116 117 Bank NSW 788 760 Brambles 300 303 BHP 846 860 Boral 360 363 CBA 348 360 C8R 337 330 CIO 346
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  • 207 11 UPI London. Thursday Oold soared to new highs on European money markets yesterday as the dollar sank to a new low in Brussels and moved sluggishly on other exchanges, generating pessimism among dealers who predicted It will slide even further. In Brussels the dollar closed at the record
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 342 11 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are an insatiably curious Individual. People, animals, machines, Ideas, nature: whatever the category, you are fascinated! It will be difficult for you to choose a life's work, for you will be loath to eliminate anything from your considerations. Because you
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  • trend
    • 263 12/13  -  Some Deepavali sweets to try Cook- In lL M. Chan Each Deepavall, 8000 litres of fresh milk go to make 600 kg of sweets for customers of the Rang Mahal restaurant at Oberol Imperial hotel. It may be an astounding amount of sweets to eat but
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    • 636 12/13 PANBER: 2 litres of fresh milk, two tbspa white vinegar or the Juice of four lemons. Method: Bring the milk to boll. Remove from heat and cool for half an hour. Pour in the vinegar or lemon Juice and stir gently till the milk Is completely curdled
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    • 909 12/13  -  By Margaret Chan You don't have to look very far to find her these days. She Is one of a new breed who are confident, secure and. most Important, happy, despite being in their 30s and unmarried. It doesn't seem so long ago
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    • Article, Illustration
      94 12/13 Press a tune Donald introduces the pre-school child to music. Hidden squeakers squeezed In succession makes a lively little tune. Soon at Metro. $18. Disney characters are cute, now they ate cuddly, too. In either bean bag or plush form, this family could keep you cosy. $9 upwards.
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    • 315 12/13 r, =3 What's Cooking? HOW about surprising your loved ones this Christmas with a superb fruit cake specially flown In from Texas? The deluxe recipe was developed In 1890, and the bakery, Collin Street of Texas, claims theirs Is the most honoured fruit cake
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    • 62 12/13 look ootarol ■ilk 1000 Liow Miss Liew was invited by RTV Hongkong for an interview and demonstration on the latest beauty-care and Natural make-up methods, which are most suitable for our climate in S.E. Asia. Miss Liew at work. Personally attending to customer for special skin-care. Call June Beauty House
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  • Page 12/13 Miscellaneous
    • 352 12/13 Puzzles, riddles, crosswords, jokes to share? We pay $5 for every contribution. The address is Kids Only, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, Singapore 1. Don't forget to add your name, age and address. 1. Here is a joke from Elizabeth Wee of 549-B East Coast Road. It is a party.
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  • TIME FAIR 78
    • 581 14 S'pore's free port status helps boost sales If you are interested In viewing some of the latest in watches and clocks, then take a trip to Time Fair '78 to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall from Saturday to Oct 30. On display will
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    • 683 14 Watches rank among -the most widely sold consumer items around the world. It/ is estimated that no less than 35 watches were sold every busi-ness-day second in 1976 against "only" five cars over the same period. Statistics show that there
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    • 165 14 TIME will be shown on hundreds of different "faces" at Time Fair '78. The "faces" will depict a variety of expressions some simple and conservative, some rugged, and some highly fashionable. And, the price range is JtfSt as varied, depending on the features, functions
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    • 763 16 The Industry for which Switzerland is perhaps best known throughout the world is watch- making. However, the sort of activity which takes place nowadays in the ultramodern factories around such famous watch-making centres as Blenne, Neuchatel and Geneva, would surprise anyone who imagines
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    • 981 18 The rise of the clock and watch trade In Singapore has been closely associated with the growth of the tourist Industry here. When the number of watches and clocks Imported monthly Is checked against the population of the island, should they all be for
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    • 618 19 MORE WATCH AND CLOCK PARTS EXPORTED EVERY YEAR Tourists know Singapore as a shopping paradise a must for good buys. Timepieces are eagerly swopped upon as are Rlsls orchids, batik and straw hats. Little do they realise that many parts of the watches
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    • 23 18 S. $/v -?>;• ->>. V• Vj**' f ■'V ;i&5 splendid collection of young ladies' watches. Beautiful in every detail with precise accuracy. SANDOZ of Switzerland
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
    • 741 20 Soccer Reuter London, Thursday Nottingham Forest, surprise conquerors of European Cup holders Liverpool In the first round, boosted their chances of reaching the quarter-finals with a 2-1 away victory over Greek champions AEK Athens last night Forest'* win over Liverpool was one of many
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    • 74 20 Soccer Rio De Janeiro. Thursday Former Brazilian national coach Mario Zagalo resigned yesterday as coach of Rlos Botafogo Club to accept a one-season contract with Helal Club of Baudi Arabia for U851.25 million (about 552.75 million). TAIPEH: France edged Switzerland 1-0 on the first day of the
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    • 309 20  -  BOWLING by Brian Miller The Singapore Tenpln Bowling Congress should take a cue from the Football Association of Singapore and drop the Idea of appealing against the Singapore National Olympics Council's decision to exclude the women's team for the Bangkok Asian Gamu In December. For once,
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    • 81 20 Cricket Reuter Sydney, Thursday. Australian Test fast bowler Jeff Thomson told the equity court In Sydney yesterday that he spent more than a third of his salary leasing a Ferrari Dlno sports car. Thomson said the Ferrari cost him As66o (about *****0) a month to lease while
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    • 150 20 Umpire walks out J^^^Tfennis Reuter Sydney, Thursday—Top seed Jimmy Connors was reported to the tournament director after the central umpire stood down in the second set of his match against Mark Edmondson in the U*****,000 (*****.000) Australian Indoor championships here last night. But Connors will not be
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    • 856 21 Three-year-old The Strategy will be hard to beat over a distance k.l.chan's top 10 for ipoh race meeting Sportscaster will be something to bet on at the Ipoh meeting starting on Saturday. The five-year-old chestnut New Zealand gelding by Headland II did everything but
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    • 1420 21 SATURDAY Cl. 5 Div. 2 1200 m 6 Court Belle 67 12 Sunset Breeze M.5 9 Maulana II 56.6 13 Eastern MuMc 56 5 10 Doctor Oenlus 66 18 Mar De Plata 56 IS Music Maker 66 15 Lady Serene 55 17 Star ol Slam
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    • 504 21 Charming Smile sparkles Ipoh, Thursday Grand Bonheur showed good speed on a yielding track here this morning. With George Podmore astride, the Grand Chaudlere flve-year-old reeled oft 600 m In 38.8 finishing strongly. Grand Bonheur scored hla only win in the Class 5. Division 3 1200
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    • 142 21 SATURDAY RACE ONE: 2.0«. Class 6, Dlv. 3 1060 m straight Tamasha, Appointment 11, Who Knows 111. RACE TWO: 2.30. Clam 6. Dlv. 2—1006 m straight Honest Guard. RACE THREE: 3.60. Class Dlv. 1 1000 m straight A.M.W., Endeavour. Basha, Bistro 11. Go Along. RACE FOUR: 3.30. Class Dlv.
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    • 355 22  -  Jr3 Athletics By SURESH NAIR The Singapore Amateur Athletics Association will appeal for the Inclusion of middle distance runner Serjlt Singh and the women's 4x400m relay quartet In the Asian Games contingent. Only seven athletes Ave men and two women received the BNOC nod (or
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    • 212 22 j^^Hockey Vague umpires' reports in the alleged assault by International midfielder Parminder Bingh on Jatlnderjlt Singh have forced the Slngaswre Hockey Association to conduct an "open" hearing next week. The Khalsa international is alleged to have hit Singapore Recreation Club's Jatin on the head with
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    • 62 22 Singapore Cricket Club created a big upset in the opening .match of the National women's First Division hockey League when they handed defending champions combined schools a 5-1 beating at the Padang yesterday. Schools shocked the home team with an early goal from Cynthia Lim. Lee Lai
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    • 248 22 Soccer By PHILIP TAN Sembawang Constituency last night denied a press report that their soccer team, who competed in the recent Queen's Cup tournament In Bangkok, were ordered home by the organisers. A Sembawang official, who was at the Jurong Stadium to see their team go down
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    • 113 22 Fans are likely to see the "Clash of the Season" when newly-crovtra-ed pi vision One champions Armed Forces meet President's Cud holders Toa Payoh United In their third round Cup match at Jalan Besar tonight (kick-off 8 p.m.) This should have been the Cup final, but
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    • 245 23  -  By Teo Lian Huay There la no better way to renew old tie* and make Dew ones than through the language of flowers for Lady Betty de la Mare, wife of the former British ambassador to Singapore. Sir Arthur. Lady Betty made the best
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    • 63 23 More bionic action will explode on our. screen* when the new series of 81* Million Dollar Man returns to Channel 5 tonight at 7.46 p.m. The series will hare 21 episodes- beginning with Target: Steve Austin, where the bionic man is chased by conspirators who attempt to
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    • 351 23 Classical dances, pop music, and a half-hour comedy form this year's Deep avail Show, organised by Radio Singapore. Organised by the station'* Tamil section the show will run for H hours and will be held at the Victoria Theatre on {Junday at 7.30 p.m. Appearing In the concert
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    • 264 23 If you missed the tragedy of Faust shown during the recent German film festival, don't despair. It will be screened again—this time by the Ooethe Institute at the RELC auditorium In Orange Grove Road today at 8 p.m. The film retells the medieval story of a scientist
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    • 57 24 AH FOOK: The Jurong MP has criticised the English press for not doing enough to promote local writing. But what can the editors do when they receive stories that lack Singapore flavour? MEI LIN: This Is not their only headache. Sometimes the quality Is poor and rewriting la
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    • 57 23 Today: (2.8 m); 12.11 j Tomorrow: (2.7 m); 12.43 Hatarday: (2.6 m); 1.17 (2.4 m): 1.52 Ntidkj: (2.2 m); 2.32 (2.Cm); 4.31 12.29 a.m. p.m. (2.9 m). 1.10 a.m. p.m. (2.9 m). 1.51 am p.m. (2Jm). 2.32 a.m. pm (2.6 m). 3.17 a.m. p.m. (2.5 m). 4.12 a.m. p.m. (2.2
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    • 575 23 Sports cHary HOCKEY: BWHA Division One League CSC v QBC (Balestler Road). Division Two League SRC "B" v Schools (SRC Padang). Both matches at 5.10 p.m. GOLF: BICC Monthly Medals Stroke (Buklt Course). SOCCER: President's Cup (3rd Round) Farrer Park United FC v Kakl Buklt/Chal Chee FC (Jurong Stadium), Toa
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    • 418 23 In and around town THOMAS HA EOT: Hl* Life and Philosophy a talk by Dr Daphne Pan. a lecturer from the Department of English Language and Literature of the University of Singapore at the National Library's lecture hall, 4.30 pm. This is In con J un ctlon with a three-day
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    • 526 24 TV AND RADIO Bring home a Superstar Bring home 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by 8TAK PERFORMANCE: The Doctor and the Countess. 3.M DIARY OF EVENTS (C). 3.35 HOME SWEET HOME (r). Mandarin serial. 4il INTERMISSION. (N OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by WHAT'S MY LINE. 0.30 NEWS IN BRIEF <E). 6 35
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    • 216 24 Today's top shows SAMUDRA. <Ch. 5. 7 p.m. in colour). This programme features Oazal music, with Siti Mariam offering 8rl Tambak and 3ri Mersing, Sabariah All singing Makan Sireh and Sri Banang, Normah Sain performs Puiau Tioman and Bukit Melati, which Sapaiah Yaacob's contribution is Pesanan. RHODA. (Ch. 5. 10
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